Vehicle anchoring device



Sept. 10, 1929. l5. RUMELY l 1,727,445

VEHICLE ANCHORING DEVICE Filed Feb. zo, 1925 2 sheets-sheet 1 Q, 25 t: F1H l AH-ys Sept. 10,4 1929. v. P. RuMl-:LY 1,727,446

VEHICLE ANCHORING DEVICE Filed Feb. 20, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Sept. 10, 1929. y v

UNITED STATES reinar OFFICE.

VINCENT I. RUMELY, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AssIeNoR To HUDSON `Moron CAR COMPANY, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OFMICIIIGAN.

VEHICLE ANCHORING DEVICE.

Application filed February 20, 1925. SerialfN'o, 10,474.r

This invention relates to a combined brace and holddown for securing vehicles in place in freight cars during transit, which device is adapted for use in freight cars provided 5 with anchorage `means in the floor of the type shown in a companion application filed January 30, 1925, Serial No. 5,813, patented November 27, 1928, No. 1,693,184. In the said companion application l have shown l and described elongated means such as a metal strip or rail secured to the freight car floor to which is anchored a hold-down connecting the floor rod and the vehicle. This construction eliminates the'necessity of nailling or spiking the hold-down to the wooden floor of the freight car, thereby preventing damage to the floor.

The present invention has for its object the combination of a brace, similar to that shown in my co-pending application brace for shipping vehicles in freight cars, Serial No. 741,828, filed October 6, 1924, and aholddown of the type shownin my saidcompanion application which is secured to an chorage means such as a rail, in the car floor.

rlhe combined brace and hold-down which forms the subjectmatter of the present ap` plication braces and holds the vehicle against forward and backward movement as well as vertical movement, the hold-down, which is anchored to the car floor, serving to maintain the parts of the brace firmly in engage ment with the vehicley axle and through the medium of the brace restricting the vertical movement of the vehicle. The damage to the car floor which results from the spiking and nailing of the hold-down and brace to the wooden floor of the car is eliminated.

Furthermore, the possibility of the device being torn loose from the car floor and causing severe damage to the vehicle is also removed.

The invention will be fully understood from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof will be pointed out and clearly defined in the claims at the close of this specication.

In said drawings: p y Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view of the for- ,so ward end of a motor vehicle showing my combined brace and hold-down applied to the front axle, the hold-down being securedjto an anchorage in the car floor. i

Fig. 2is a fragmentary front view ofthey vehicle having the device attached. p y

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a portion ofthe anchorage in the car Hoor. i y n f Figs. 4 and 5 are plan views of a freight car floor, the floor anchoragebeing shown transversely of the floor in Fig. 4 and lengthwise thereof in Fig. 5. n n

Fig. 6 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a modified construction of my device malek ing the same a self ycontained unit. y y

Fig, 7 is a section taken substantially on the line 7 7, Figr.

Referring to Fig. 1, at 11 is shown the I- beam front axle ofavehicle, `the vehicle being anchored to the floor. 12 of a freight car, the other parts of which are not shown, by means of my combined brace and hold-down. Two metallic strips or rails 14 and 15 (see Figs. 1, 2 and 3) arey positioned in the car floor transversely of the car andare held` in place by any suitable means such as the bolts 16. These strips or rails are spaced apart to provide the channel 17 and the carr floor is also cut away beneath said stripsy or railsf to provide the recessor groove 18. As shown in Fig. 4 the strips 14and 15 arelocated,` at convenient places in the floor to be used withy as many vehicles as are shipped in the car. It isalso apparentthat the strips 14 and 15 f can be placed at as manypoints as desired throughout the length of the car to accommodate vehicles offdifferentlengths.` The strips 14 and 15 may also extend lengthwise of the car, as shown in Fig. 5, permitting the 1 vehicle to be anchored thereto at any desired point.` The strips 14 and 15 are provided with notches which form entrancefopenings 19 for the lower end/of thehold-down app pliance generally indicated as `13 which is attached to the vehicle and anchored to the strips 14 and 15J, yThe openings 19are located at convenient points a short distance apart throughout the length ofthe strips.

The hold-down appliance 13-may be of any convenient type and, as? shown, qansists offa bolt 20 provided with a head 2,1 which is of of two'normallyv separate, inclined membersv 24 and 25 which have their upper ends shaped to fit the channels or grooves on the opposite side of the I-beam front axle 110i-4 t-he vehicle. The tie-bolt 23 is passed through holes in the upper ends of theI members 24y and 25.

and servespto hold the, said members in engagement with the axle 111. The lower ends of the members 24'and 25 may be secured to the floor of the car in any convenient manner, as by means of metallic plates 26, which form stopsA for the said inclinedmembers. When a vehicle is to be anchored to the freight car floor, it-is movedv to the desired point kon the floor, the bolt 2O is introduced through one/of the openings 19 between the floor stripsl 14 and 15 and moved to av convenient point beneath the axleof the vehicle. The inclined bracingfmembers 24 and 25 are placed on opposite sides of the axle 11 and the tie-bolt 23fhaving the head 22 thereon is I passed'through the upper endsof the said inclined brace and bolted in place and the threaded end of the bolt 2O is. screwed into the head 22. The, metal strips or plates 26 are fastened to the ends'of the bracing members and secured to the car door. 'Ihe bolt 2()v mayl thereafter be'turned suficiently to draw thetie-bolt and the brace members 24 andv 25 toward the car floor a suficient amount to prevent any appreciable ,movementv of the vehicle.

In Figs. 6 and 7 I have shown a. slightly modified construction in which my combined 27 which connects the lower ends of the members 24 and 25.,k The member 27 extends beneathrthe. foot of each of themembers 24 and Y 25 yand is bent over top'rovide stops 28 tok whichV the brace members 24 and 25'are fastened ]as by the nails 29. ,They connecting member 27 isfurtherprovidedI with'an openy ingvrO througlrwhich thebolt 2O of the holddown appliance13 is passed. It is apparent that thedevice may be assembled before it is applied to the vehicle, it onlybeingnecessary to introduce the head 21 of the bolt 20 between the strips 1'4 and'15j inthecar floor and Vto engage. the vupper ends of the-inclined brace .members 241a11d 25 withV the axle. 1,1. The brace and hold-down can then'betightened by means of the tie-bolt 23 and the bolt 2O of the hold-down.

It will be understood that my present device may also be used on the rear aXle of the vehicle. It is most convenient, however, to apply the brace to the front axle so that the ends of the inclined members 24 and 25 can be positioned in the channels of the I-beam.

What I claim is :k

l'. In combination, .a freightV car floor, means in vsaid floor lto which a vehicle may be anchored, a combination brace and holddown for the Vehicle, said hold-down being connected at one end to a part of said brace,

the other end of said hold-down being insertable at a plurality of points in said floor anchorage means, and means for tightening said brace.

2. In combination, a freight car floor, means in said floor to which a vehicle may be anchored,r a combination brace and holddown for the vehicle,l said brace comprising a pair of inclined membersy adapted to engagev an axle of the vehicle at their upper ends and resting upon the car floor at their lower ends, a tie bolt extending'betweenfthe upper ends of said members forL tightening the same against said axle, said hold-down being connected at one end to ysaid tie bolt at a point between the upper lends of said members, the other end of saidhold-down being insertableat a plurality of points in said floor anchorage means.

8.k In combination, a freight car floor, means in said floor to which a vehicle may be anchored, a combination brace and hold-down for the vehicle, said brace comprising a pair of inclined separate members adapted to engage an aXle of thevehicle at their upper ends and resting upon the car iioor at their lower ends, a tie bolt extending between andsecured to the upper ends of said members for tightening the 'same against said axle, said holddown being connected to said tie bolt at a point between and directly below the upper ends of said members.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

VINCENT P. RUMELY. 

